Originally Posted by
Bluebirdman Of Alcathays
Shaheer might be how you pronounce "Chair" (for all I know) and the City media team are the only ones who bothered to find out. But they're up against it - I remember Barry Davies trying to persuade the audience Jan Molby was pronounced Molboo, and he was an early adopter of Turkiye instead of Turkey but neither really caught on. Once the name takes hold, it doesn't matter how wrong it's pronounced.
The City commentators seem to have got the gig because they were already part of the media team and they couldn't afford to hire a proper one. Sometimes, it shows. Considering some of the proper telly commentators are annoying, once you get to this standard it's going to be a struggle.